PeerTube is a federated video streaming platform that allows users to host and share videos without relying on a centralized service provider. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing PeerTube on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before getting started with the installation, please ensure that you have the following:
First and foremost, ensure that your system is up to date by running the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install the required dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S git ruby yarn postgresql ffmpeg imagemagick
PeerTube requires Node.js version 14.x. Install Node.js using the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs-lts-fermium npm
Clone the PeerTube repository to your server using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube /var/www/peertube
Create a new PostgreSQL user and database for your PeerTube instance using the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createuser -P peertube
createdb -O peertube -E UTF8 peertube_prod
exit
Install Redis using the following command:
sudo pacman -S redis
Enable and start the Redis service using the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable redis
sudo systemctl start redis
Install Nginx using the following command:
sudo pacman -S nginx
Create a new Nginx configuration file for your PeerTube instance:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube.example.com.conf
Replace peertube.example.com with the domain name you will use to access your PeerTube instance, and paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name peertube.example.com;
return 301 https://peertube.example.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name peertube.example.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/peertube.example.com/fullchain.pem;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
client_max_body_size 0;
proxy_intercept_errors on;
error_page 502 = /maintenance.html;
}
location /static/ {
alias /var/www/peertube/dist/client/;
expires 1h;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
}
location /api/v1/ {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
client_max_body_size 0;
proxy_intercept_errors on;
error_page 502 = /maintenance.html;
}
location /videofiles/ {
alias /var/www/peertube/storage/videos/;
sendfile on;
sendfile_max_chunk 1m;
tcp_nodelay on;
aio on;
directio 512;
}
location /captchas/ {
alias /var/www/peertube/storage/captchas/;
}
location /avatars/ {
alias /var/www/peertube/storage/avatars/;
}
location /thumbnails/ {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
expires 7d;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
proxy_intercept_errors on;
error_page 404 = /static/img/defaultThumbnail.png;
}
location /plugins/ {
alias /var/www/peertube/node_modules/;
}
location /quality/ {
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
satisfy any;
allow 127.0.0.1;
deny all;
}
location /feeds/videos {
default_type application/rss+xml;
add_header Content-Type application/rss+xml;
charset utf-8;
add_header Content-Disposition inline;
alias /var/www/peertube/public/rss/videos;
expires 1h;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
}
location = /maintenance.html {
root /var/www/peertube;
}
}
Save and exit the file.
Create a symlink to enable the Nginx configuration:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube.example.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube.example.com.conf
Test the Nginx configuration and restart the Nginx service:
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Install Let's Encrypt certificates using the following command:
sudo pacman -S certbot certbot-nginx
Obtain SSL certificates using the following command:
sudo certbot certonly --nginx -d peertube.example.com
Replace peertube.example.com with the domain name you will use to access your PeerTube instance.
Navigate to the PeerTube directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/peertube
Copy the config/production.yaml.sample configuration file to config/production.yaml using the following command:
sudo cp config/production.yaml.sample config/production.yaml
Open the config/production.yaml file using your preferred text editor and edit the following options:
peertubeUrl: https://peertube.example.com
database: postgres
databaseName: peertube_prod
databaseUsername: peertube
databasePassword: REPLACE_ME
redisUri: redis://localhost:6379
Replace peertube.example.com with the domain name you will use to access your PeerTube instance. Set the databasePassword option to the PostgreSQL password you set earlier.
Generate a new secret key using the following command:
sudo yarn run generate-secret --prod
Install the PeerTube dependencies using the following command:
sudo yarn install --production=true
Build the PeerTube client using the following command:
sudo NODE_ENV=production yarn run build
Wait for the build process to complete.
Initialize the PeerTube database using the following command:
sudo su - peertube -s /bin/bash -c "NODE_ENV=production /usr/bin/yarn sequelize db:migrate"
Start the PeerTube service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start peertube
Check the status of the service:
sudo systemctl status peertube
Access your PeerTube instance using a web browser:
https://peertube.example.com/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured PeerTube on EndeavourOS Latest.
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